I'm far from an expert but I have refurbished 8 running gears over the past 8 years as I build one parade wagon a year. What I have found is that the front axle - with or without a bolster - is at least as high off the ground as the rear axle and in a few cases, the front has been an inch or so higher than the rear. In your case it looks to me like someone in the past has removed the front bolster and welded the standards to the axle. All of the bolsters on my gears have been bolted to the axles. Your reference to "cross bar on top of the front axle" is the bolster which your wagon has none. The "holders for the 4x6's" are the standards which are bolted to the bolster. Yours are welded. Do the front and rear standards line up parallel with the reach? If not and if this gear was in my yard and assuming the rear axle/bolster/standards are correct, I would take my angle grinder and cut the front standards off, have new ones made (any good welding shop that bends metal can do it) that you can bolt to the axle. Lay a 4x4, ripped to meet the height of the rear bolster, on the front axle between the new standards and drill 2 vertical holes through the 4x4 and axle near both ends and bolt the 4x4 on to the axle. Now you have a level plane to lay your 2 main beams and they are supported at both ends by the standards. On my parade wagons I bolt the main beams to the rear standards and put chains around the beams/front standards. You will find a variety of methods for attaching the beams to the standards but this is what I use.
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